Legal Opinion
Rowe v. Board of Education
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 1996PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
The Board of Education of the City of Chattanooga and Dr. Harry Reynolds, Superintendent of Chattanooga schools, appeal from the Court of Appeals’ decision finding that Leonard L. Rowe was deprived of liberty without due process of law by a Board policy which renders any employee previously terminated “for cause, inefficiency, or immorality” ineligible for future employment within the Chattanooga school system. The primary issue for our review is whether adoption of Board policy 4117.5 deprived Rowe of a constitutionally protected property or liberty interest to which…
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